Genus Plasmodium Marchiafava & Celli, 1885
Introduction
Unidentified species recorded from eastern Australian states.
Distribution
IBRA
Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Parasitic (host(s): Acanthiza katherina De Vis, 1905 [ACANTHIZIDAE] Mountain Thornbill (blood); Aedes australis (Erichson, 1842) [CULICIDAE] Saltwater Mosquito (syn. A. concolor; midgut, salivary glands); Ailuroedus (Scenopoeetes) dentirostris (Ramsay, 1875) [PTILONORHYNCHIDAE] Tooth-billed Catbird (blood); Ailuroedus melanotis (Gray, 1858) [PTILONORHYNCHIDAE] Spotted Catbird (blood); Barnardius semitorquatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) [PLATYCERCIDAE] Twenty-eight Parrot (blood); Cacatua galerita (Latham, 1790) [CACATUIDAE] Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (kidney); Cacatua roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) [CACATUIDAE] Galah (syn. Eolophus roseicapilla; blood); Cacatua sanguinea Gould, 1840 [CACATUIDAE] Little Corella (syn. C. pastinator (Gould, 1841); blood); Catharacta lonnbergi Mathews, 1912 [LARIDAE] Skua (blood, liver); Colluricincla boweri (Ramsay, 1885) [MUSCICAPIDAE] Bower’s Shrike-thrush (blood); Colluricincla megarhyncha (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) [MUSCICAPIDAE] Little Shrike-thrush (blood); Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1851 [CORVIDAE] Torresian Crow (blood); Cracticus nigrogularis (Gould, 1837) [CRACTICIDAE] Pied Butcherbird (blood, liver); Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823 [CULICIDAE] Brown House Mosquito (syn. C. fatigans; gut); Egernia stokesii (Gray, 1845) [SCINCIDAE] Gidgee Skink (blood); Erythrura trichroa (Kittlitz, 1883) [PLOCEIDAE] Blue-faced Parrot Finch (blood); Falco hypoleucus Gould, 1840 [FALCONIDAE] Grey Falcon (blood); Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1801) [CRACTICIDAE] Australian Magpie, Black-backed Magpie (blood, heart, spleen, kidney); Heteromyias (Poecilodryas) albispecularis (Salvadori, 1875) [MUSCICAPIDAE] Grey-headed Robin (blood); Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 [HOMINIDAE] Human (blood); Larus novaehollandiae Stephens, 1826 [LARIDAE] Silver Gull (blood); Lichenostomus frenatus (Ramsay, 1874) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Bridled Honeyeater (blood); Machaerirhynchus flaviventer Gould, 1851 [MUSCICAPIDAE] Yellow-breated Boatbill (blood); Manorina melanocephala (Latham, 1801) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Noisy Miner/Minah, Soldier Bird (syn. M. garrula; blood, spleen, lung, liver); Meliphaga lewinii (Swainson, 1837) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Lewin’s Honeyeater (blood); Meliphaga notata (Gould, 1867) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (blood); Monarcha (Arses) kaupi (Gould, 1851) [MUSCICAPIDAE] Pied Monarch (blood); Monarcha trivitgatus (Temminck, 1829) [MUSCICAPIDAE] Spectacled Monarch (blood); Ninox connivens (Latham, 1801) [STRIGIDAE] Barking Owl (blood); Pachycephala pectoralis (Latham, 1801) [MUSCICAPIDAE] Golden Whistler (blood); Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) [PASSERIDAE] House Sparrow (blood); Pitta versicolor Swainson, 1825 [PITTIDAE] Noisy Pitta (blood); Podargus strigoides (Latham, 1801) [PODARGIDAE] Tawny Frogmouth, Mopoke (blood); Rhipidura fuliginosa (Sparrman, 1787) [MUSCICAPIDAE] Grey Fantail (blood); Rhipidura rufifrons (Latham, 1801) [MUSCICAPIDAE] Rufous Fantail (blood); Sericornis magnirostris (Gould, 1838) [ACANTHIZIDAE] Large-billed Scrubwren (blood); Sphecotheres viridis Vieillot, 1816 [ORIOLIDAE] Figbird (syn. S. maxillaris, Oriolus viridis; blood, lung); Sterna bergii Lichtenstein, 1823 [LARIDAE] Crested Tern (blood); Strepera graculina (Shaw, 1790) [CRACTICIDAE] Pied Currawong (blood, heart, skeletal muscle); Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus (Kuhl, 1820) [PSITTACIDAE] Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (blood); Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) [PSITTACIDAE] Rainbow Lorikeet (blood)).
Extra Ecological Information
Unidentified species of Plasmodium have been found in the listed parasite hosts.
General References
Adlard, R.D., Peirce, M.A. & Lederer, R. 2004. Blood parasites of birds from south-east Queensland. Emu 104: 191-196
Beadell, J.S., Gering, E., Austin, J., Dumbacher, J.P., Peirce, M.A., Pratt, T.K., Atkinson, C.T. & Fleischer, R.C. 2004. Prevalence and differential host-specificity of two avian blood parasite genera in the Australo-Papuan region. Molecular Ecology 13: 3829-3844
Breinl, A. 1913. Parasitic protozoa encountered in the blood of Australian native animals. Report of the Australian Instute of Tropical Medicine 1911(April, 1913): 30-38
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Godfrey, S.S., Bull, C.M., Murray, K. & Gardner, M.G. 2006. Transmission mode and distribution of parasites among groups of the social lizard Egernia stokesii. Parasitology Research 99: 223-230
Grulet, O., Landau, I., Millet, P. & Baccam, D. 1985. Les Isospora du moineau. I. Complements a l'etude systematique. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 60: 155-160
Hartley, W.J. 1992. Some lethal avian protozoan diseases of native birds in eastern Australia. Tydskrif van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Veterinere Vereniging 63: 90
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Lawrence, J. 1946. Some observations on the plasmodia and other blood parasites of sparrows. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 71: 1-5
Mackerras, M.J. 1958. Catalogue of Australian mammals and their recorded internal parasites. Part I. Monotremes and marsupials. Part II. Eutheria. Part III. Introduced herbivora and the domestic pig. Part IV. Man. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83: 101-160
Mackerras, M.J. & Mackerras, I.M. 1960. The haematozoa of Australian birds. Australian Journal of Zoology 8: 226-260
Maplestone, P.A. 1923. Malaria in Australia. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 17: 213-229
O'Donoghue, P.J. 1997. Protozoan parasites of wildlife in south-east Queensland. pp. 119-136 in Tribe, A. (ed.). Proceedings of the 1997 Conference of the Australian Association of Veterinary Conservation Biologists. Brisbane : Australian Veterinary Association.
Peirce, M.A., Lederer, R., Adlard, R.D. & O'Donoghue, P.J. 2004. Pathology associated with endogenous development of haematozoa in birds from southeast Queensland. Avian Pathology 33: 445-450
White, J.A. 1867. On the fevers of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Australia Medical Journal 12: 361-365
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03-Dec-2014 | APICOMPLEXA Levine, 1970 | 03-Jul-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 26-Jul-2012 | 26-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 23-Aug-2011 | ADDED |